Tag: #George Floyd

US ethnic minorities still ‘cannot breathe’ one year after Floyd’s death

Li Qingqing May 29, 2021

US ethnic minorities still ‘cannot breathe’ one year after Floyd’s death

"I can't breathe." This was among the last words of George Floyd, an unarmed black man suffocated to death by a white US police officer on May 25, 2020. But one year after Floyd's death, US society has not seen a turning point toward a better situation. Many...More

Re-Embracing Internationalism and Class Solidarity in the Time of ‘#BlackLivesMatter’

Berna Ellorin & Adrian Bonifacio June 28, 2020

Re-Embracing Internationalism and Class Solidarity in the Time of ‘#BlackLivesMatter’

The struggle against systemic racism and the police state in the US is integral and linked to the struggle against US wars of aggression overseas. “The time has come for forging a clearer path to liberation analysis that centers on working-class solidarity across race and borders.” 'We don’t...More

Creation of new history through violence toward statues

Mark Hoskin June 11, 2020

Creation of new history through violence toward statues

Momentous events taking place last weekend in the UK remind us that the country was a center of a global economy built on slavery, the trafficking of illicit drugs, and mass inhumanity that many Western countries participated in. UK ministers, including Prime Minister Boris Johnson, who referred to...More

Chinese netizens hail HK police’s restraint compared with US police in law enforcement

Left Review Online June 09, 2020

Chinese netizens hail HK police’s restraint compared with US police in law enforcement

A video pointing out the differences between the Hong Kong and US police on how they handled the riots went viral, with many Chinese netizens hailing HK law enforcement for showing restraint during the 2019 riots and condemning US police for being violent and the US government for...More

Inept US leadership fuels racial fires

Brian Becker June 08, 2020

Inept US leadership fuels racial fires

Mass protests in the US have spread like wildfire in the week since the graphic and gruesome images of the police murder of George Floyd in Minneapolis went viral. Bystanders begged the police to stop. With little regard for this black man's life, the police didn't stop crushing...More